Lampard tinkered with the formation in the second half but it proves that he is looking to get the best out of this current group of players as he has a transfer ban.

Chelsea fielded a much stronger team than the one which drew 1-1 against Bohemians on Wednesday with Jorginho at the base of the diamond, Ross Barkley featuring at the tip with Mason Mount and Mateo Kovacic either side.

COMPREHENSIVE WIN

Mount spent last season under Lampard on loan at Derby along with defender Fikayo Tomori, who also started.

The Blues played with a front two of Tammy Abraham and Michy Batshuayi and were unsurprisingly comfortable against their hosts who had played a home Europa League tie just three days earlier.

Chelsea took the lead through Mount with a clever flick in the 15th minute and Emerson made it 2-0 thanks to a howler from home keeper Barry Murphy around 15 minutes later.

Like the previous evening, Lampard fielded a completely different team for the second half with Olivier Giroud and Kasey Palmer up front.

Lampard also switched to a more traditional 4-4-2 with a flat midfield four, which included Scottish teenager Billy Gilmour.

Chelsea appear to have a surprisingly large number of fans over here in Ireland, they sang Lampard’s name throughout the second half and were then able to celebrate a second-half brace from Giroud.

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